The Drop: New PlayStation Releases for October 22nd, 2013

Don your cape and cowl — the Batman Arkham series is readying its return, along with Deus Ex: Human Revolution. It’s a tremendous week of superheroes and cybernetics in this week’s Drop.

Lauded for its gritty visuals and stellar play, the Arkham games have garnered a huge following in the world of gaming. That tradition is sure to continue with Batman: Arkham Origins, a prequel to Rocksteady’s revolutionary first two games in the series. The latest Batman features the intense, single-player experience you’d expect from an Arkham game, but will also include a robust online suite for gamers to compete within.

But Batman isn’t the only dark hero making a comeback this week. Adam Jensen, with all his powerful augmentations, slinks back to PS3 in Deus Ex: Human Revolution — Director’s Cut. An enhanced version of the already well-loved original, the Director’s Cut includes The Missing Link DLC, as well as other improvements.

If those don’t strike your fancy and you’d rather catch up on some fan favorites, check out the two different 2K compilations — Essentials and Power Pack — which both feature a strong lineup of well-loved games.

For a complete list of games launching this week, read on, and enjoy the Drop!

New PlayStation Releases This Week

2K Essentials Collection

PS3 — Retail

Dive down into the depths of Rapture, scour Pandora, or defend Earth from an alien threat! This compilation includes the original BioShock, Borderlands, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

2K Power Pack Collection

PS3 — Retail

Another compilation filled to the brim with gaming goodies. This pack includes The Darkness II, BioShock 2, and Mafia II. It’s a trio of sequels well-suited for any gamer’s collection.

Witness the beginnings of the Arkham Series with Arkham Origins. As gritty as ever, this third-person adventure includes a complete online mode for multiplayer competition. Fans of the Dark Knight, take note.

Set after the events of Arkham Origins, Blackgate provides Vita gamers with a unique 2.5D adventure revolving around a violent uprising at Blackgate Prison. Features stealth, brutal combat, and ample gadgetry.

The classic party game makes it way to PlayStation, complete with PlayStation Move support. Compete against friends or an AI opponent in a variety of environments, and shoot for Fireball bonuses and Roll-backs.

The dark cyberpunk story of Adam Jensen returns to PlayStation. Experience the Director’s Cut of this critically-acclaimed stealth/shooter/RPG hybrid, which includes enhanced boss fights and the Missling Link DLC.

Journey with two very different heroes who form an uneasy partnership across post-apocalyptic America. Survive the devastated world and battle dangerous enemies. A beautiful third-person adventure that includes the Pigsy’s Perfect 10 DLC, and additional character skins.

Face platforms and puzzles in this physics-based adventure. Clear 50 levels across three worlds, and wield telekinesis to make your way through blocked paths. Designed with gamers of all skill levels in mind.

Take control of some of Marvel’s greatest heroes like Iron Man, Spider-Man, the Hulk, and Captain America, to take down Loki and his team of supervillains. Prevent them from building a doomsday weapon capable of destroying the world.

The next chapter in the Naruto fighting saga highlights characters from the 4th Great Ninja War arc, Invasion of Pain arc, and Five Kage Summit arc. More than 100 new missions to help you master the power of the ninja. Believe it!

Play as five, fan-favorite characters in the world of SpongeBob SquarePants. Plankton and his legion of evil robots have destroyed the Krusty Krab and stolen the legendary Krabby Patty formula. You have to get it back!

@ Emadeowa: “will we be getting the option to buy Final Fantasy XIV: ARR subscriptions from the PSN Store??? or in the future??? thanks”

You keep asking this question, but the answer should be pretty obvious. It’s not published by SOE, so no, you will not be able to buy Square-Enix online subscriptions through PSN. If they put the subs up for sale on the PS Store, a cut of the sale price would go to Sony, but the sub prices pay for servers and patch/expansion development costs, which Sony has nothing to do with and does not deliver to the customer in any capacity. Unless you can find timecards for sale somewhere, you’re going to have to buy subs directly from S-E.

Really big Drop this week, though as we’re approaching the holidays, it’s to be expected. Getting Lego Marvel and Blackgate for Vita. Already have Enslaved and the DLC (which adds 3D compatibility), and it is an amazing game. Really need to finish it one of these days.

Just noticed Arkham Origins comes out on friday, any particular reason why?
Also will we be able to start downloading it say at 10PM EST, so that way once Midnight hits it will prolly have just finished downloading and maybe be 16%-18% of its install?

Getting Origins and also Blackgate. Getting Lego Marvel on console, I’ll wait for reviews of the Vita version, since all other Lego games on Vita are sloppy 3DS ports. I really wish we knew more on that game for Vita

I’m going to preorder Arkham Origins. I’m looking at it on the PSN store and it just says that it comes with the Death Stroke DLC. I looked at the Knightfall DLC announcement you guys did here on the blog and in the comments one of you guys said this

“Hi there! Yes, the Knightfall Pack is an exclusive Playstation 3 pre-order bonus, no matter the retailer you pre-order from.”

I looked on the Arkham Origins wiki and they make it sound like it’s included in the PS3 version very similar to the PS3 exclusive Diablo 3 content where it’s just there.

Can you please give me a straight answer if I’ll be able to play this Knightfall stuff with the PSN digital preorder

The PSN devs need to come up with a quick way for customers to see all titles that they’ve previously purchased. Reality is that unless players upgrade their hard drive, they’re forced to delete games as they go, and with the exception of either looking at an item and seeing “Download” instead of “Purchase” or sifting through every download made on the system, including demos and, well, all other things downloaded from PSN. I’ve resorted to keeping a list on my laptop. It’s really not how I’d like to do it, and I’m positive that there are one or two things that I purchased but forgot about and havent managed to remember or discover that I downloaded.

“Never heard of Enslaved before. ” WHAT!?! It is bascily a retelling of the Dragon Ball story, yeah the same Dragon Ball Anime/Manga. Which is all based off an old Chinese fairy tale. You will notice a lot the same thing. “flying on a cloud”. Man with a tail (or monkey boy). They both use polls as weapons.

In many ways it is like Last of Us, but came out YEARS before it. Also has 3D mode which I can’t wait to check out now that I have a 3D TV.

Ubisoft announced Tuesday that the release of the title has been pushed back until at least spring of next year.-@SONY I pre-order [watch dogs] that 9/?/13 and now I hear the game got push back to 6/?/14 can you guys help me get my money back ???? :(

Oh this is a great drop…Alien Rage and Ethan:Meteor Hunter never heard of these games before…looking forward to try them out…shame that only Alien Rage will have demo….oh well I’m eager to try the Magrunner demo…game looks good…..also I was supposed to be excited with Arkham Origins since I’m a big B-man fan and even more fan of Asylum and City…but Origins is going all wrong since the announcement….and looks like it wont be half as good as Asylum and City….wont be getting Origins without a demo 1st…but I really want this game to be good…dont want a fantastic franchise like Batman ruined.

@80 Screw PS2 classics of Xenosaga I want full HD remakes (Not rerelease, remakes, or atleast something like Wind Waker HD) However since MonolithSoft is owned by Nintendo we should prolly be asking them for it, and then beg Namco to actually let them do it

If im not wrong Naruto Storm 3 FULL BURST will be available as a digital download too, Namco Bandai said it on their press. If so at what time am i gonna be able to donwload it? or at what time the PSN store will be updated today?